Elphaba:
I’m limited,
just look at me – I’m li -mited.
And just look at you, you can do all I couldn’t do,
Glinda.
So now it’s up to you,
for both of us.
Now it’s up to you…
Glinda
I’ve heard it said
that people come into our lives
for a reason,
bringing something we must learn.
And we are led
to those who help us most to grow,
if we let them
and we help them in return.
Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true,
but I know I’m who I am today
because I knew you.
Like a comet pulled from orbit
as it passes a sun,
like a stream that meets a boulder
halfway through the wood,
who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you,
I have been changed for good.
Elphaba:
It well may be
that we will never meet again
in this lifetime,
so let me say bef -ore we part.
So much of me
is made of what I learned from you,
you’ll be with me,
like a handprint on my heart.
And now whatever way our stories end,
I know you have re-written mine
by being my friend.
Like a ship blown from its mooring
by a wind off the sea,
like a seed dropped by a skybird
in a dis -tant wood,
who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you,
Glinda:
Because I knew you,
Both:
I have been changed for good.
Elphaba:
And just to clear the air,
I ask forgiveness for the things I’ve done you blame me for.
Glinda:
But then, I guess we know there’s blame to share,
Both:
and none of it seems to matter anymore
Glinda, Elphaba in (parentheses)
Like a co -met pulled from orbit
(Like a ship blown)
as it passes a sun,
(from its mooring) (by a wind off the)
like a stream that meets a boulder
(sea,) (like a seed dropped by a)
halfway through the wood.
(bird) (in the wood.)
Both:
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
I do believe I have been changed for the better,
Glinda:
And because I knew you,
Elphaba:
Because I knew you,
Both:
Because I knew you,
I have been changed
for good.